Water-closet-bowl support.



W. E, HNSDALE.

WATER GLOSET BOWL SUPPORT.

APPLXGATION FILED JUNBG,1912.

Patented Nw, 12, i912.

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WINFIELD n. HINSDALE, or NEW Yon-K;v N. Y., AssIeNon To THE HINSDALECOMPANY,

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WATER-QLQSET-.BOWL SUPPORT.

'i'e all whom it may concern: l Be it known that I, VVINFIELD E. HINS-resident of New York, borough of Manhattan. county and State, of NewYork, have made a new and useful invention inVl-Tater- Closet-BowlSupports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is directed particularly 'to Water closet bowl supports ofthe bracket type and it has for its objects, first, the ef fectual'concealment of all of the parts of such support beneath the floor lineand in-v appearance and such thatV the supportingr partsl will notchange or shift owing to any change or shifting ofthe fittings due toeX- pansionand contraction. Second. the renderingof such a supportadjustable so that variations in the fittings, due tovchange oftemperature or carelessness on the part of the plumber in mounting, willnot change or affect itv in any manner. Third. to afford a, supportwhichhas the appearance of being held by' the wall and which will beofgreater strength and. durability than is possible with, ani/wallsupport heretofore invented, so Prior' to mv invention closet bowls ofthis nature have been .tastencd directly to the sewage fittings by meansof rings, vokes. and supports of various kinds., thus holdingr the samedirectljv as a partof the sewage system. Aln practice this has beenfound objectionable. owing to the fact thatl the expansion' andcontraction or loupr lines of piping now found in relatively highbuildings will dest-roy the alinement. often'casing fracture of thewalls adjacent to the vclosets and4 also of the closet bowl itself,which is generally made of carthenware. My invention is designed toovercome these objections and l elect the results sought by providing afloor plate. buried beneath the [looiand a pluralit)r ofadjnstable-uprigzhts Awhich in turn are perr'nanentlv secured to bosseson the inner edge ol' the floor plate and together constitute a bracketwhich carries the closet howl inde.- pcndent oi the piping or anjaYother attached i connections. To client this l provide a veiticallvadjustable support plate attached to l the floor plate and I connect thecloset bowl l Specification of Letters Patent. Appncau'un :uca :une 1e.'1.9'12. serial No. 702,032.

to this plate by boltslextendinir thronfeh the patent-@Novia 11u12.`

same, also providing' means for effecting: the

vertical adjust-ment'of the bowl with relation to the wall and thefloor, so that the Seat of the bowl may be adjusted to absolute level onassembling the parts'. Y

In order that m v invention may be fully understood so that othersskilled in the art may construct and use the same, reference is hadtothe accornpanvinlA drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevational View of an earthenware closet bowl andits hinged wooden seat, my improvement for attaching;r the" 'same beingshown embedded in the wall in sectional view and in the floor -in sideelevational View.' Fig. 2 is .an end elevational View .of the closetsupporting meansernbracing the entire bracket which supports theapparatus, as seen lookin;T at

Fig. 1 from left to right. the bowl` the tioor line-the wall line., andthe sewage piping not. being shown in this view. Fig. 3 is-a plan viewas seen looking from the `top tol Ward the bottom ot the drawings, Fig.2, the major portion of the floor. plate being broken away. Fig. 4 is a*plan view on a 'smaller soale of the floor plate and the bosses thereintofwhich the closet supportingr platel is ad-i ju'stabl)T secured.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, in which like numerals oireference represent like parts wherever used. l represents the bowl of a`water clust-.tof well known torni and 2. Fig. 1, one of a pair ot'bolts on opposite sides of the bowl which secure.

the latter directl)7 against the wall.

3 represents a verticalhy adjustahle'supporting plate 4havin.;r twoadjusting' screws 4, 4, inserted in screw holes in bosses 5, 5. at theupper and lower edge of the support-ing plate 3.

6. represent a pairl of vertical adjust ing posts for the supporting'plate 3, and A apparatus. v 2 2. are bolt'holes through the. supportingplate/3 for redeiving the bolts A2A that supportithenbowl l. j

' 3R, 3*, 3, 3 are pairs of cylindrical sleeves cast integral withl thesupporting" plate 3,

'V vertical adjustmentbeing effected by means of the screw-threadedadjusting posts 6, 6, and nuts 7, 7, 8, 8.--

4 4 are boltholes through which' horizontal adjustment of by the bolts4, 4.

The parts of the invention are assembled .the bowll is effected asfollows The oor plate 10 is secured to the oor in any preferred mannerbe-l neath the floor line and the vertical supporting plate 3 is securedto the floor plate by the adjusting posts 6, 6 and adjustin nuts 8, 8.The bowl of the closet is secure in place by the bolts 2 and nuts 2,necessary care being taken to secure proper adjustment for thepacking-ring 14 between the mouth of the outlet pipe 11 and the out. letof the bowll l, after which the' bolts 2 are secured in place by thenuts at their inner ends, as shown. Then the necessary horizontaladjustment is effected by the screws 4, 4, after which the floor andwall are put in place, as shown. With this'ar- ,rangement I am enabledto construct a bracket bowl support for water closets of great strengthand-located wholly in the wall "and the floor and which will not besubjected to damaging effects due to expani sion and contraction of thepiping, in view of the fact that'the support is held at the inner edgeof the fioor plate 10 and is rendered adjustable as to height b v-reasonof the posts 6, 6, and set nuts 7. 7, 8, 8, the adjustability of thelevel of the bowl being further eli'ected by the adjusting screws 4. 4so that when the bowl is once in place there is allowed sufficient playbetween the mouth of the pipe 1l and the packing ring 14, and the largeopening 12 in the Supporting plate 3, to`com'pensate for any unusualexpansion or contraction. Furthermore, when the licor and wall lines arecompleted the bowl has the appearance of being supported wholly by thewall and there are no joints within the entire structure in which vermincan collect. I do not limit my invention to the especial details ofconstruction shown in the drawings.` I believe it is broadly new with meto provide a closet bowl with a. wall and licor support of bracketnature having connectlons between the bowl and the outlet pipe whichadmit of; expansibility of the pipe system. I believe it is also broadlynew with me to provide a closet bowl with means located in the wall ofyan adjustable -nature and connected to a floor plate so that .washbasins vas welll as water closet bowls,

it being obvious that the necessary changes for applying the same tosuch bowls may be eiectcd by the application of ordinary skill. Havingthus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States isy -1. A water closet bowlsupport embracinga. -floor plate; a supporting plate locate at an angle thereto andhaving an opening therethrough of greater diameter than the outlet pipeof the closet; means for attaching the closet to said supporting plate;togetheriwith means .foradjusting the horizontl llevel of the bowl,substantially as desxibed. j I 5 f '2..f-A -water closet bowl supportembracing a .tloor. plate; avertically adjustable suplporting platehaving an opening therethrough for receiving the outlet pipe of thebowl; in combination with means for adjusting the horizontal level ofthe bowl, substantially, as described.

3. A water closet bowl support embrac' ing a floor plate lprovided atits inner edge with two bosses;'in' combination with a verticallydisposed 'supporting plate having an opening ,for receivingthe outletpipe of the bowltgetler with adjusting means for effectin thehorizntallevel of the bowl with relatimiV to' the floor, substantially asdescribed. Y 4. A water closet bowl.f support of bracket form,' one partof the bracket being adapt` ed' to be secured beneath the floor line andthe other part thereof to be secured behind 'the wall line; togetherwith vertically arranged supporting parts p provided with means foradjusting the bowl Vto various heights; in combination with means'forad-r justing it horizontally, substantially as de.

scribed. j

5. A wate closetbowl support embracing a licor plate; a bowl supportingplate located at right angles to the door plate and secured thereto bytwo adjustable posts, .said supporting plate having an opening throughit of greater diameter than theidiameter of the outlet pipe; incombination with bolts on opposite sides of the. closet bowl adapt-- edto be secured to said ,'plate,`and bolts for adjusting the horizontallevel of the closet, substantially `as describedmV 6...'A; Water lclosetbowlhavingtwo sup-

